Story Behind The Song

Brian and I were driving around Nashville, looking at houses for him to buy, and when I pointed out a townhouse development on our left he said he'd seen them and they weren't very nice - I remarked that they looked lovely from the street, that you can ne

Song Description

assuming that things can buy happiness isn't always true

Lyrics

FROM THE STREET
(Claire Ulanoff/Brian Payne)


There?s a Malibu mansion overlooking the ocean, all glass and marble
It?s a picture of what I always thought was the answer to anyone?s problems
But look in the window
There?s a woman crying...

From the street you can?t always tell
What?s going on, no guarantees
From the street what you think you see
Ain?t always what it turns out to be
From the outside, from the street

There?s a mobile home with a room built on
And the shutters could use a coat of fresh paint
It don?t look like much but who am I to judge
What it is and what it ain?t
?Cause look in the window
There?s a family praying...

(chorus)

From the outside (don?t make assumptions)
From the outside (or jump to conclusions)
From the outside...

(chorus)